Love them or hate them, the Miami Heat are good for business in basketball betting circles and they open the 2013-2014 season as solid favorites to repeat as NBA champions.

Make that, three-peat as champions.

LeBron James et al are +250 on the NBA futures menu at shops such as Topbet.eu.

Oklahoma City is a fairly distant second betting choice at +650 with the San Antonio Spurs well back at 10-1.

The Los Angeles Clippers start their second straight season as a better NBA championship bet than the Lakers. They were +800, while the Chicago Bulls - hoping for a rebound season from Derrick Rose - are +900, according to Topbet.eu oddsmakers.

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